Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO6343
Carbon Capture Technologies Program
The Australian Government is committed to ambitious climate action and has enshrined into law an emission reduction target of 43 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, and net zero emissions by 2050. The Government is supporting the net zero transformation by reducing emissions and investing in the opportunities presented by a low-carbon economy. The Government recognises it will take a wide range of technologies and tools to achieve this goal.
One such technological approach is carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS). CCUS refers to a suite of technological abatement solutions that capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial processes or directly from the air, either for use in production of new products or for permanent storage in underground geological formations.
The objectives of the program are to:
- accelerate the development of emerging priority CO2 capture technologies, including Direct Air Capture (DAC), Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) and/or CO2 utilisation technologies
- support RD&D to advance technological and commercial readiness of CCUS in hard-to-abate industries such as cement, chemicals and steel
- demonstrate verifiable permanence of CO2 sequestered via a range of utilisation applications
- support global CCUS capability development.
Applications will be assessed in two stages. You will first submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) at Stage 1 and if shortlisted, you will be invited to submit a grant application at Stage 2.
You can apply if you:
- have an Australian business number (ABN)
- are registered for the Goods and Services Tax (GST)
and are one of the following entities:
- an entity incorporated in Australia
- an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust where your trading activities:
- form a sufficiently significant proportion of the corporation’s overall activities as to merit it being described as a trading corporation; or
- are a substantial and not merely peripheral activity of the corporation
- an Australian state/territory government agency or body
- a corporate Commonwealth entity.
You can’t apply if you are:
- an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s list of Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme
- an employer of 100 or more employees that has not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act (2012)
- an individual
- a partnership
- a Regional Development Australia Committee
- an unincorporated association
- any organisation not included in section 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines
- a trust (however, an incorporated trustee may apply on behalf of a trust).
$65,000,000.00
From $1,000,000.00 to $15,000,000.00
This opportunity opens for applications on 18 September 2023.
To apply, go to: business.gov.au/cctp
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